How I turned Google Sheets into a Blazing-Fast REST API using AWS Serverless

This article describes how to build a high-performance REST API wrapper around Google Sheets using AWS serverless architecture. The solution implements aggressive S3 caching to overcome Sheets API latency and rate limits, a custom query engine for in-memory filtering, and DynamoDB-backed security to prevent unauthorized data access. The architecture demonstrates practical solutions for converting a simple spreadsheet into a scalable, queryable backend service.